John 14:15

Teaching on the Holy Spirit

14:15 “If you love me, you will obey ¹  my commandments. ² 

John 15:10

15:10 If you obey ³  my commandments, you will remain ⁴  in my love, just as I have obeyed ⁵  my Father’s commandments and remain ⁶  in his love.

John 11:57

11:57 (Now the chief priests and the Pharisees ⁷  had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus ⁸  was should report it, so that they could arrest ⁹  him.) ¹⁰ 

John 14:21

14:21 The person who has my commandments and obeys ¹¹  them is the one who loves me. ¹²  The one ¹³  who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal ¹⁴  myself to him.”

¹ tn Or “will keep.”

² sn Jesus’ statement If you love me, you will obey my commandments provides the transition between the promises of answered prayer which Jesus makes to his disciples in vv. 13-14 and the promise of the Holy Spirit which is introduced in v. 16. Obedience is the proof of genuine love.

³ tn Or “keep.”

⁴ tn Or “reside.”

⁵ tn Or “kept.”

⁶ tn Or “reside.”

⁵ tn The phrase “chief priests and Pharisees” is a comprehensive name for the groups represented in the ruling council (the Sanhedrin) as in John 7:45; 18:3; Acts 5:22, 26.

⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Or “could seize.”

⁸ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

⁷ tn Or “keeps.”

⁸ tn Grk “obeys them, that one is the one who loves me.”

⁹ tn Grk “And the one.” Here the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated to improve the English style.

¹⁰ tn Or “will disclose.”